

Delicatessen
A futuristic comic feast.
In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low supply. A young man new in town falls in love with the butcher's daughter, which causes conflicts in her family, who need the young man for other business-related purposes.
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7.3/10
1,704 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $4M
- Box office
- $1.8M
- Language
- French
- underground
- suicide attempt
- dystopia
- post-apocalyptic future
- dark comedy
- clown
- butcher
- butcher's shop
- vegetarian
- terror cell
- surrealism
- cannibal
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France
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR3 Apr 1992
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical153 Jan 1992
- Physical15DVD15 Apr 2002
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM26 Mar 1992
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical (limited)1217 Apr 1991
BrazilBR
- Physical16IMDB13 Sept 2010
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical12+19 Aug 1993
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1517 Apr 1991
FranceFR
- TheatricalU17 Apr 1991
- PhysicalDVD24 Oct 2001
- PhysicalBlu-Ray14 Sept 2010
- Physical4K UHD18 Oct 2023
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1617 Apr 1991
GreeceGR
- Theatrical163 Sept 1993
- Theatrical (limited)Re-release10 Apr 2025
HungaryHU
- Theatrical121 May 1992
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical1613 Sept 1991
- Physical16DVD6 Dec 2007
- TV16Nederland 216 Aug 2009
- Physical16Blu ray13 Feb 2013
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Delicatessen was released on 17 April 1991.
Audience reviews
2- F4/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
5/14/2023
**French-style grotesque surrealism, in a film with style but no content.** I think I got to know Jean-Pierre Jeunet in the same way as almost everyone who doesn't follow French cinema at the same time: through the film “Amelie”. The film brought the director international and is unanimously considered his greatest and most relevant work. Given how much I liked this movie, I decided to see this one, but my experie…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
4/2/2024
I did really quite enjoy this film, but I'll be honest - half the time I had no idea what was going on! From the start I expected Steven Sondheim's "Mrs. Lovett" to be working on her pies downstairs, beneath the shop of "Clapet" (Jean-Claude Dreyfus). They all live in a France where food is very scarce and people have an habit of disappearing without trace! He also owns a rather dilapidated block of flats next door a…
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